Study Group: Plastic Surgeons who Preform Breast Reconstruction and Augmentation
Council Members in this Study Group: 128
This study group may include physicians, care providers, and researchers specializing in internal medicine, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, nursing, optometry, genetics, and mental health. It may also include experts knowledgeable on diagnostic labs, disease management, medical devices, long term care, surgery centers, health management, pharma, and biotechnology, among others.
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Leading Experts in this Study Group
Adam SchaffnerAssistant Professor of Clinical Plastic Surgery
Georgetown University Medical Center - CC
Adam D. Schaffner, MD, FACS, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center. He has previously served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. He is board certified inotolaryngology...
Gregory Buford, MDPlastic Surgeon and Medical Director
BEAUTY by BUFORDGregory Buford, MD, is a board-certified Plastic Surgeon and Medical Director at Beauty By Buford in Colorado, since January 2008. Dr. Buford has residencies in both General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, in addition to a Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship at Plastic Surgery...
- Michael Bain, MD
Plastic and Reconstructive Physician
Michael A Bain, MDMichael Bain, MD, MS, is a Plastic and Reconstructive Physician in private practice based in Southern California. He has experience in all areas of plastic and reconstructive surgery including bariatric, breast, cosmetic, and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Bain’s interests are in the ever changing nature...
Robert Jacobs, MDPlastic Surgeon
COSMETIC SURGERY OF NEW YORK PCRobert Jacobs, MD, is a Plastic Surgeon and Owner of Cosmetic Surgery of New York, an office based practice, since July 1978. He performs most major cosmetic procedures and has experience with all US approved breast implants in addition to being an investigator for Allergan implant trials. Dr. Jacob...
Michael Salzhauer, MDChief Surgeon
Bal Harbour Plastic Surgery AssociatesMichael Salzhauer, MD, is the Chief Surgeon at Bal Harbour Plastic Surgery Associates, a plastic surgery private practice based in Florida. He has extensive expertise in all aspects of cosmetic surgery, including breast surgery augmentation, reduction, and lifting, face-lifting, liposuction, abdominoplasties...
Robert FrankOwner
Aria Cosmetic and Reconstructive SurgeryRobert Frank, MD, is a board certified Plastic Surgeon in private practice in Northwest Indiana. Dr. Frank has extensive expertise in general and plastic surgery procedures entering practice in 1997. He has special interest in breast and body contouring procedures, particularly cosmetic breast surgery....
Keith Denkler, MDAssociate Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCOKeith Denkler, MD, is a Plastic Surgeon in private practice in Marin County, California. Dr. Denkler is board certified in Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery. He also serves as a Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at UCSF and is an attending surgeon at Moffett/Long Hospitals....
Alan Zaccaria, MDPlastic Surgeon
MD ALAN FACS ZACCARIAAlan Zaccaria, MD, FACS, is a double board certified Plastic Surgeon, in private practice in Little Silver, New Jersey. Dr. Zaccaria has expertise in breast reconstruction, breast implants, general reconstructive surgery, facial surgery, cosmetic surgery, skin cancer, botox and injectibles, comprehensive...
GLG NewsSM Analyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts (?)
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A Low Cost EMR System From Wal-Mart?
March 16, 2009
Alan Zaccaria, MD, Plastic Surgeon, MD ALAN FACS ZACCARIA
Wal-Mart Plans to Market Digital Health Records System | www.nytimes.com
Wal-Mart is one of the top consumer retailers in the country. They have already entered the world of competitive, low cost health care delivery with their $4.00 generic prescriptions and their Nurse Practitioner run clinics--so becoming a warehouse for state-of-the-art electronic medical...
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Health Care in America--An Ailing Commodity That Doctors Can't Cure
January 30, 2009
Alan Zaccaria, MD, Plastic Surgeon, MD ALAN FACS ZACCARIA
Perspectives on Health Reform, 17th January 2009 | healthaffairs.org
Fixing the health care system in America is like trying to fix the economy. We keep dumping more and more money into it, only to find ourselves going nowhere. There seems to be a renewed sense of hope with the emergence of a new administration in Washington, but there are no easy solutions. ...
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High End Medical Devices and Implants Are Not Immune to This Recession
January 22, 2009
Alan Zaccaria, MD, Plastic Surgeon, MD ALAN FACS ZACCARIA
Medical devices not immune to recession worries | www.boston.com
As America faces one of the worst recessions in history, all businesses suffer, including the health care industry. With the steady rise of unemployment, more and more people are losing their jobs, and with it their health insurance. This has a direct impact on medical devicecompanies,...
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Mentor/J&J deal is long overdue
December 3, 2008
Robert Frank, Owner, Aria Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Johnson & Johnson buys medical device maker | www.nytimes.com
The purchase of implant manufacturer, Mentor Corporation, by Johnson and Johnson will level the playing field as Mentor seeks to take market share from Allergan in both the breast implant business as well as facial fillers and competitors to Botox.
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Bold Contest for a Daunting Problem
October 27, 2008
Adam Schaffner, Assistant Professor of Clinical Plastic Surgery, Georgetown University Medical Center - CC
WellPoint, X Prize launch $10M health care contest | news.yahoo.com
Most people agree that the healthcare system in the United States is in need of a complete overhaul. Unfortunately, the many competing interests in the current system make such overhaul extremely challenging. This contest certainly provides much incentive for the...
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Office Based Private Practice or Clinic
- Academic Medical Center/Hospital or Clinic
- Non-Academic Community Hospital or Clinic
- Free-standing Surgery Center
- Government/Military Hospital or Clinic
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Physician - Attending Physician
- Owner
- Physician - Director
- President
- Physician - Division Head
- Director
- Partner